B.S. Yeddyurappa’s success story is dramatic. To the people in his village of Bookanakere, he is a son of the soil. To the Lingayat community, he is a posterboy in a state which has sharply divided caste rivalry with the Vokkaligas. To the BJP, he is the face that won them the elections.

Kohima spic-macay’s endeavour to introduce Indian music, dance and culture to students continues in full throttle even 35 years after its inception, with its national convention scheduled to be held in Kohima from June 15-21.

So confident was the Congress high command of the party’s victory in Karnataka that a senior PMO functionary began interviewing some babus in order to identify a private secretary for the new chief minister.

Unable to stop the felling of trees, Maharashtra Forest Minister Babanrao Pachpute is planning to amend the Forest Act to press charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against people caught chopping trees without permission.

Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Prashant Kumar Mishra's downfall began when he refused to endorse the state Government's decision to abolish outposts of the trade tax, transport and the forest departments.

Anju Modi, Karuna Khaitan, Jatinn Kochhar, Bobby Grover and Niki Mahajan are accusing Fashion Design Council of India Executive Director Sumeet Nair of misappropriation of funds as well as using the council to promote only a handful of designers.

Fear the tears of the poor for they can drown the mighty. So said the sages. That the maxim holds true even in the age of T20 was proved last week when the Congress-ergo the UPA- recorded its 11th retreat in as many hustings.

Amitabh Bachchan, patriarch of Bollywood’s first family, the all-time highest grossing Hindi film star of 134 films with a cumulative box-office revenue of over Rs 3,700 crore, the face of 20 brands, and currently the nation’s best-known blogger, is busy.

Driving under the influence of alcohol is a major killer on Indian roads but fuzzy laws let serious offenders slip through the cracks. Stricter penalties are now being framed by Parliament. If these are passed, road safety will acquire a new legitimacy.

We haven’t learnt our lesson from the 1993 Mumbai blasts (“How We Can Stop It”, May 26, 2008). Every Muslim is not a terrorist, but terrorists are invariably Muslims. Let us shed our pseudo-secularism and call a spade a spade.

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Delhi will have its first National Police University (NPU) some time in 2010. Aiming to provide research back-up for law-enforcement agencies, the Union Cabinet recently gave the in-principle approval.

If too much tan time in summer has left you with skin that’s not up to par, relax. Unwind with summer treatments that fight the heat. From foot soaks to floral masks, city experts are well-armed to tackle the summer tan and more.

With his Elvis looks, a deep, soulful voice and talent for portraying the king, Stephen Kabakos is among the most sought after Elvis stylists in the world. Having won hearts in China, Hong Kong and Bangkok, he recently toured India.

The stage just got brighter for 27-yearold Abhishek Mazumdar. The young actor and director has just been declared winner of The Playwright’s Award, instituted by The Hindu in Chennai for best new play.

Devotees pin up copies of passports at the shrine of a ‘Passport Peer’ Miskin Shah Baba to seek divine help to go abroad. Serpentine queues of young men waiting with copies of their passports in their hands outside a shrine in Kallu Bagan in Jamshedpur will make one wonder if there’s an embassy or a ticket counter of an airline in the vicinity.